The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-18
Highly MANFRED Plat.


Farmers in general distribute the
manure made in their barns and feed
ing-yards over the ground they intend
to cultivate the year they draw 1t out
or the next season If the work is done
in the fall. They dump 1t in piles. from
which it is af.erward spread, or they
scatter IL from the end of the wagon as
they drive IL out. II the field to be
fortified is large and tho amount OF
manure made is small, the soil will not
be very greatly enriched. OF course
the manure will do good, but 1t will
not make a decided showing in the
crop produced on the ground. A light
manuring is very beneficial to land in
tended to produce clover, tame grass,
or small gran. A large application Oh
manure, especially If it is unfermented,
will produce rank growth of grass or
forage crops, and may cause them to
lodge. A small application of we'll
rotted manure, continued year after
year. will prevent timothy and other
grasses from running out, but will not
cause them to make such luxuriant
growth that the stalks will break down
before the wind. A small quantity OF
well-fermented manure puverized and
scattered over pasture land is also pro.
ductve of good results 1t will be OF
the greatest benefit if it is applied late
in the fall. The late rains will wash
out the soluble portions and carry them
down to the roots of the grass. The
other portion will remain on the surface
and afford some protection to the plants
during the winter. 1t will not cause
the grass to grow very rank or to have
an unpleasant flavor as a large applica-
ton of green manure will.
1t is well, however, to have one plat
of ground one the farm very highly
MANFRED. Its size will depend on the
number OF acres in the farm and the
use to which it is TO be put. This
highlymanured plat should be devoted
to the protection of those crops that re-
quire much labor. Many crops cannot
be raised unless much labor is expend-
ed on them, and this labor will not be
suitably rewarded unless the land is
very rich. Cabbages, onions, and beets
are valuable field crops. but their pro-
duction calls for much labor. The
more highly the land is manfred the
larger will be the reward for the labor.
as the same amount will be required on
poor as on rich land. Tomatoes,
cucumbers, melons, and squashes also
need very rich soil. They are all
gross feeders, and, as they do not start
till the advent of warm weather and
mature their fruit before the weather
becomes very cool, their period OF
growth is short. Lima beans, most
kinds of bush beans, and peas designed
for the table also require a soil that has
been. made rich by the application OF
fertilizers. Sweet corn. to produce
large ears, should be planted on rich
land. Persons who have obtained new
varieties of potatoes at considerable ex-
pense should plant them on land where
the yield will be as large as possible.
There is little danger of making land
too rich for these crops. A market
gardener would not hesitate to apply
forty loads of stable manure to an acre
of land before he planted his first crop
of vegetables on it, and would use half
that amount each succeeding year that
he cultivated it. - Chicago Times.